West Virginia v. B. P. J.
Decided June 30, 2026. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 24-43 · 609 U.S. ___ (2026)
Holding
Title IX allows schools to provide separate women’s and men’s sports teams defined by biological sex; West Virginia and Idaho did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by maintaining female sports teams for biological females.
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How the Justices voted
Majority · 6
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas · filed a concurring opinion
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Neil M. Gorsuch · filed a concurring opinion
- Brett M. Kavanaugh · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Amy Coney Barrett
Concurring in part, dissenting in part · 3
- Sonia Sotomayor · filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part
- Elena Kagan
- Ketanji Brown Jackson · filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Official text
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